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  <dc:title>Thomas Blacklock to James Beattie from Aberdeen</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Last letter with Dr Odier's thesis was dictated in a hurry. congratulates Beattie on success of Essay. He has heard nothing yet of publication or success of Minstrel. Blacklock writes for Weekly Magazine in character of a farmer called George Tenant, but does not want authorship known. He has assisted Miss Marshall with her Trifler. She has published six numbers, but sales decrease</dc:description>
  <dc:date>25 January 1771</dc:date>
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